Vending-machine.



No. 892,247. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. I. H. GARSON. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION yum) APB. 4.1907

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No. 892,247; PATENTED JUNE 30,1908.

I. H. GARSON. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 4.1907. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2l :J Ely; 5

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I. H. GARSON. VENDING MACHINE.-

.APPLIGATION FILED APR. 4.1907.

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ISAC il. GARSON, Ol" NEW YORK, N. Y.

No. sessi?.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented June 30, 1908.

Application filed April 1907. Serial No. 366,2415.

To all iff/'tom 'i 2" may' concern.'

Be it known t it l, larme l1. GAnsoN, a citizen of the lf States,residing at New York, in the county of New v'orlr and State oi' NewYork, have invented a new and use-- ful Vendingl" yli'iiur. ol' whichthe following is e speciiira'non.

This inver ion relates to :in improvement in vendingl machines of thetype adapted to vend cigars and analogous articles, and particularly tomachines of the character of that described in l? cnt Yo. M2143, grantedto rnc Jen. 22, 19o?.

l'he mechanisms of 'machines of this character 'is of nec u dolente, andit has been found in practic that when the machine is subiected to roulo treat-nient, such as an iinproper series of opera/thuis of the handlein rapid succession., the machine is liable to injnrv.

t is one of the objects of this invention to provide .means forpreventing such operation and thereby `rei t injury to the machine.

Another o iject is to provide nieans for preventing the luealiage ofcigars and the deliverv of an excessive number of cigars througi animproper manipulation of the handle.

With these end other objects in view, the invention cons in certainmnstructions which will be hereinafter fully described :ind thenspecifically set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification andin which like characters of reference indicate the saine parts, Figure 1is a. sectional elevation of'a device constructed in accordance with theinvention, Fig'. 2 a plsu view of the structure shown in 1 Fig. 2 is asectional elevatios 'through thc cigar delivering mechan-` ions, Fig: isa. view ol a portion ol" the coin rclez'ising mechanism,

Fig. 7 is a detail 'view of the retarding cylin der for preventing'excrsive speed of the device, Fig/gs. 5l to 1l. inclusive are detailviews illustrating;I the operating nieans for the de ism.

ln the derice vention., ii indici. transparent panels '1 if toillustrate the incasing provided with el separated from the repeatingmechan-r e lower part of the.

the upper part by a partition provided vth en aperture 6 Within which ishtged a hopper 7 arranged to enter a cigar box or receptacle froin whichthe bottoni has been previously removed.

The bottoni of the hopper 7 is inclined from its ends toward its centerwhere it is provided with an elongated aperture 12 beneath whichoperates a sectional carrier 13 which is mounted on a sleeve 14revolubly fitted over a shaft 15, the periphery of the carrier `3 beingprovided with a series of pockets for the reception of the cigars fromthe hopper.

Rollers 17 are fitted in the walls of the pockets to prevent injury tothe cigars enterlng the saine `and a roller 171 located on the adjacentedge ol" thc hopper is adapted to prevent injury to the cigars when tley are delivered. .A drawer 1S located at one side of the rotatablecarrier 13 is adapted to receive the cigars delivered by the carrier,and this drawer inay be withdrawn from the casing by the purchaser whenone or more cigars have been delivered thereto by the carrier.

Agitating devices consisting of curved finlgers 19 are provided for thepurpose of causing the cigars to fall from the hopper into the pocketsof the carrier, these fingers being mounted on a shaft 20 and ope atingthrough slots 21-21 formed in the bottom of the hopper.

Between the sections of the carrier 13 are arranged arms 22-22 which areeach provided with e slot 23 embracing the sleeve 14, the upper1 end ofthe arrnsbeing arranged to be engaged by cigars successively deliveredby the carrier 13. The opposite ends of these arms are conpected to anarm 24 'fixed to a shaft 25, to the. opposite end of which an :trui 2Gis fixed. This arm 2G carries a pin 27 to which is attached a link 2Sconnected to an arm 29 mounted on a shaft 30 which carries two arms 31and 32. A coin chute 33 is mounted above the arin 31 and discharges intoa coin receptacle 34 mounted on e lever 35, the receptacle boing open onone sido and provided with a det/cnt 36 which operates to retain thecoin therein until the arm 31 is elevated and cit'ccts the ejection ofthe coin sidewise from the receptacle. A counterweight 37 mounted on thelever 35 effects the return of the lever to its normal position afterthe coin has been ejected from the receptacle. The coin-actuated'member38 is similarly provided with o receptacle 39 arranged to normallyoccupy a position be- 10W a chute 40, the arm 32 on the shaft, Whenactuated, operating in a manner similar to the arm 31 to eject the coinandpermit the return of the lever 38 to its normal position through theagency of the Weight 41. The lever 38 is provided. with an offset lug 38so arranged as to cooperate with the adjacent member 35 tosimultaneously actuate the latter when the member 38 is depressed. Alink 42 connects the member35 and an arm 43 fixed on a shaft 44 whichcarries a curved arm 45 normally operating to keep a lateral projection46 of a paWl 47 out of contact with a ratchet Wheel 48 fast on thesleeve 14 before referred to. The paWl47 is mounted on one end of alever 49 fast on the shaft 15 before referred to. Depression of themember 35 operates through its connections to rock the shaft 44, therebydepressing the arm 45 and permitting the pawl 47 to engage and oeratethe rachet Wheel 48 and consequently t e carrier 13. l/Vhen themember 35 is depressed, its connection with the member 38 and itsconnections produces the same result.

nTo the coin actuated member 38 is attached a link 54 which forms aconnection With a pivoted detent 55 the free end of l which is providedwith a projection 56 Which Aso is arranged to engage the peripheralnotches or recesses 57 which are formed in the disk 58, the'latter beingrevolubly mounted on the Aoperating shaft 15 and provided With a seriesof equi-distantly spaced projections 5-9 Which are arranged to cooperateWith a detent 60 which is pivoted to a relatively fixed portion of themachine and is operated under the yielding action of the springv 61,that portion of the detent which cooperates with the projections of thedisk 58 being provided With oppositely inclined surfaces for roperlypositioning the said disk at its diferent positions of rotation. Thedisk 58 is also provided With a series of projections 62 Whic coperatewith a paWl 63 While the latter occupies a predetermined position topositively prevent rotation of the said disk, and as this paWl 63 is xedto the rock shaft `64 which is connected by the arm 65 to the pin 27 ofthe operating arm 26, the said aWl Will be disengaged from theprojections .of the disk 58 to permit rotation of the latter each timethe arms 22 are operated by a cigar While being discharged from the carrier, and unless there is a cigar to be discharged by the carrier,` theaWl 63 Will lock the disk from rotation. Then the detent 55 has beendisengaged from its corresponding notch 57 in the disk 58 and the latterhas been rotated, the projection of the detent will ride upon theperiphery of the disk, and this Will retain the members 38 and 35depiiessed, and through the link 42 which is connected to the latter,the controlling arm 45 Will be depressed and thereby permitting Work bya spring 7 5.

, connected with the delivery device.

ftached and which is fixed to an arm 69, the

latter being rotatably mounted on the shaft l15 and provided with a pawl7 0 which is arranged to coperate with rejections 62 of the disk 58 toactuate the atter, the spring 67 forming a yielding connection betweenthe operating shaft 15 and the pawl arm 69 to cause the disk to beactuated when the operating shaft is rotated While the detent 55 isunlocked from the disk, it being obvious that the operation of the shaft15 While the disk 58 is locked by the detent 55 would fail to operatethe disk, as the spring 67 forms a yielding connection between the shaftand the pawl arm 69 and would ermit the latter to remain stationaryWhile t 1e arm 66 which is fixed to the operating shaft disengages fromthe pin 68. A

For the purpose of returning the operating shaft 15 to its normalposition, a spring 71 may be employed. T o the sleeve 14 is fixed aratchet 72 with which cooperates a roller 73 mounted on a. lever 74Which is held to its T his lever When operated by the rotation of theratchet 7 2 will, through its connections, rock the shaft 2O carryingthe fingers 19-19 and thus agitate the cigars in the ho per and causethem to fall into position to delivered by the can rier 13. t

The mechanism so far described is like that in the patent above referredto and reference is made thereto for a full disclosure. A more detaileddescription of this part of the machine, being unnecessary to a fullunderstanding of the present invention, is omitted in the interest ofbrevity and clearness.

Means for retarding the movement of the operating means is provided andthis means may vary Widely in structure.

rlhe retarding means might be in operation during movements of theoperating means in opposite directions, and the retarding means mightbecontinuously connected With the operating means, and the lattercontinuously In the best constructions, however, the retarding meansWill be continuously connected with the operating means and the latterwill be intermittently connected with the delivery device, the retardingmeans operating during a movement of the operating means in onedirection. As shown, retarding means consisting ofa fluid pressure brakeis employed for this purpose. This brake consists of a cylinder 90provided with a lug 91 attached.

to one end of the lever 49 before referred to, thls lever being fast onthe operating shaft 15. piston 92 Works within the cylinder and thispiston is-provided with a series of i. holes 93 extending therethrough.A rod 94 machine.

is fast to the piston 92, extends through a suitable head 95 fitted toone end of the cylindex', Iand its outer end is secured to a stationaryApost 96 mounted on the frame of the der and piston in one direction,and to open the cylinder.

theniduring a movement in the opposite direction. The cylinder is filledwith a'suitable slow ilowing Huid. The lit of the piston in the bore ofthe cylinder is such that when the valve 97 is closed, a relativemovement ofthe rtiylinder and piston in onedirection causes e fluid-toslowly ass in a thin iilm between the periphery of t e piston and thewall of A movement in the opposite direction causes the valve to openand permits the fluid to readily flow through the holes 93. Theconnections are such that the retarding means comes into o eration whenthe delicate mechanism of t e machine is brought into action and whenthe carrier 13 is rotated to deliver a cigar, thus preventing vinjury tothe machine and the possibility of the delivery of an excessive numberof cigars through improper manipulation of the operating. means.

Changes and variations may be made in the structure by which the4invention is carried int'o effect. The invention, therefore, is not tob e restricted to the precise details of the structure shown anddescribed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a vendin machine, the combination with a receptacle or thearticles to be vended, of a delivery device cooperatively arrangedtherewith, operating means capable of being connected and disconnectedfrom the delivery device for actuating the latter, a retardmg deviceconnected with the operating means, and repeating mechanism formaintaining the operating means and the delivery device in o erativeconnection to permit the latter to e successively operated apredetermined number of times.

2. In a vending machine, the combination with a receptacle for thearticles to be vended, of a delivery device cooperatively arrangedtherewith, of operating means for the delivery device, a retardingdeviceconnected with the operating means, and separately released devicescooperating with the o erating means and controlled by the artic esdischarged for causing a different numbei' of operations of the deliverydevice.

3. In a vending machine, the combination The piston is provided with aLwith a receptacle for the articles to be vended, of a delivery devicecooperatively arranged therewith, of operating means capable of beingconnected and discoiinected from the delivery device, a retarding deviceconnected with the operating means, a device for connecting theoperating means to the delivery device to cause asiiigle operation ofthe latter, anda repeating device capable of maintaining'the connectionbetween the operating means and the de liver device to permit apredetermined num er of operations of the latter.

4. In a vendin machine, the combination Witha receptace forv thearticles to be vended, of a delivery device coi'iperatively arrangedtherewith, of operating means for the delivery device, aretardingfdevicc connected with the operating means, a ccntrollingdevice for connecting and disconnecting the operating means and thedelivery device, a member operating upon the controlling means toestablish operative connections between the operating means and thedelivery device, and means controlled by the discharge of an articlefrom the latter for resetting the controlling means.

5. In a vendin machine, the combination with a receptace for thearticles to bc vended, of an operating shaft carrying an actuatinglever, a retarding device connected with one end of the lever, anormally inoperative carrier mounted in cooperative relation with thereceptacle, an actuatinr device for transmitting motion from sai leverto the carrier to actuate the latter, and a controlling device embodyingan arm substantially concentric with said shaft and 'normally retainingthe actuating devices and the carrier' out of cooperative relation.

6. in a vending machine, the combination with a receptacle for thearticles to be vended, of an operating shaft carrying an actuatinglever, a retarding device connected to one end of the lever, a normallyinoperative carrier mounted in cooperative relation with the receptacle,a pawl carried by the lever and arranged to cooperate with a ratchetwheel connected with the carrier, and a controlling arm substantiallyconcentricwith said shaft and cooperating with the pawl for disengagingit from the ratchet.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

